Thomas Heller wrote: >>> No objection on targetting 2.6 if other developers agree. Seems this >>> is well under way. good work! >> >> given that dir() is used extensively by introspection tools, I'm >> not sure I'm positive to a __dir__ that *overrides* the standard >> dir() behaviour. *adding* to the default dir() list is okay, re- >> placing it is a lot more questionable. > > One part that *I* would like about a complete overridable __dir__ > implementation > is that it would be nice to customize what help(something) prints.
I don't think you should confuse reliable introspection with the help system, though. introspection is used for a lot more than implementing help(). </F> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
